Friday, May 15, 2015

Vietnamese crab noodle soup

This Bun rieu (Vietnamese crab noodle soup) is authentic, and tastes incredible! It is probably one of the most popular street foods in Vietnam. The preparation varies in different parts of the country. I'm from southern Vietnam, so you may be familiar with my style if you are also from the south. It's a bowl full of healthy goodness, and Vietnamese lemon balm is the perfect herb to accompany the flavor of the soup.

1) Place the pork blood in boiling water, and cook for 2 minutes. Then take out and soak in cold water until needed.2) Combine dried shrimp with 2 cups of water, cover and cook on medium-high heat until it boils. Then lower the heat and let it simmer for 10 minutes. Drain through a colander and set the broth aside. 3) Make the crab mixture: In the bowl of food processor, combine pork paste, shrimp, dried shrimp, white part of the green onion, egg, minced crab, 1 tsp of fish sauce and ½ tsp of pepper. Process until smooth. Set aside.4) Make the soup: In a large pot, heat the oil, add the chopped shallots and saute until the shallots turn brown and smell good. Add the tomato wedges. Stir fry for 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste, stir to combine. Then add the broth made from dried shrimp and chicken broth. Cover and bring to a boil. Skim the foam off the top. Use 2 spoons, scoop the crab mixture with 1 spoon and use the other one to scrape the crab into the pot, spoon by spoon until finish all the crab mixture. Cook until the crab mixture floats to the surface. Add the deep fried tofu and pork blood.Cook for about 5 more minutes. Taste and season with fish sauce if needed.5) Place noodle in the serving bowl. Ladle crab mixture, tomato, pork blood, tofu on top. Garnish with chopped cilantro and green onion. Before eating, add a little bit of shrimp paste and your choice of herbs and vegetables, squeeze some lemon juice on top, mix and serve.♥ Here are a few of the tools I used in the video:Victorinox Chef KnifeCuisinart Mini Food ProcessorPeugeot Paris U'Select Pepper MillCalphalon Tri-Ply Stainless Steel Cookware SetAnchor Hocking Oven Bake and Food preparation Set